List of National Sports Award recipients in boxing

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National Sports Awards in Boxing
Various civilian awards for contributions to Sports (Individual/Team)
The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year-2009 to Shri Vijender for Boxing, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on August 29, 2009.jpg
Awarded forVarious sports honour of India
Sponsored by Government of India
Location Rashtrapati Bhavan
Country Republic of India
Presented by President of India
First award1961
Final award2024
Highlights
Total awarded78
Awards

The National Sports Awards is the collective name given to the six sports awards of Republic of India. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. They are presented by the President of India in the same ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan usually on 29 August each year along with the national adventure award. As of 2024, a total of seveny-eight individuals have been awarded the various National Sports Awards in boxing. The four awards presented in boxing are Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Award. [1]

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First presented in the year 1961, a total of fifty-one individuals have been honoured with the Arjuna Award in boxing for their "good performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. [2] First presented in the year 1985, a total of seventeen coaches have been honoured with the Dronacharya Award in boxing for their "outstanding work on a consistent basis and enabling sportspersons to excel in international events" over the period of last four years, with four coaches being awarded in the lifetime contribution category. [3] First presented in the year 2009, a total of three sportspersons have been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour of India, in boxing for their "most outstanding performance at the international level" over the period of last four years. [4] First presented in the year 2002, a total of four retired sportspersons have been honoured with the Dhyan Chand Award, the lifetime achievement sporting honour of India, in boxing for their "good performance at the international level and their continued contributions to the promotion of sports even after their career as a sportsperson is over." [5] One awardee Hawa Singh was honoured Dronacharya Award posthumously in the year 1999. [1]

Recipients

Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour
   # Indicates a posthumous honour
List of National Sports award recipients, showing the year, award and gender [1]
YearRecipientAwardGender
2009 Mary Kom Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaFemale
2009 Vijender Singh Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaMale
2021 Lovlina Borgohain Major Dhyan Chand Khel RatnaFemale
1961Buddy D'SouzaArjuna AwardMale
1962Padam Badadur MalArjuna AwardMale
1966 Hawa Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1968Dennis SwamyArjuna AwardMale
1971 Muniswamy Venu Arjuna AwardMale
1972Chandraya NarayananArjuna AwardMale
1973 Mehtab Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1977–1978 Birender Singh Thapa Arjuna AwardMale
1978–1979 C. C. Machaiah Arjuna AwardMale
1979–1980Bakshish SinghArjuna AwardMale
1980–1981Issac AmaldasArjuna AwardMale
1981G. ManoharanArjuna AwardMale
1982 Kaur Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1983 Jaslal Pradhan Arjuna AwardMale
1986Jaipal SinghArjuna AwardMale
1987Seeva JayaramArjuna AwardMale
1989Gopal DewangArjuna AwardMale
1991 Dharmendra Singh Yadav Arjuna AwardMale
1992 Rajendra Prasad BoxingMale
1993Mukund KillekarArjuna AwardMale
1993 Manoj Pingale Arjuna AwardMale
1995 Venkatesan Devarajan Arjuna AwardMale
1996Rajkumar SangwanArjuna AwardMale
1998 Dingko Singh Arjuna AwardMale
1999 Jitender Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
1999 Gurcharan Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2002 Mohammed Ali Qamar Arjuna AwardMale
2003 Mary Kom Arjuna AwardFemale
2005 Akhil Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
2006 Vijender Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2007 Varghese Johnson Arjuna AwardMale
2009 Laishram Sarita Devi Arjuna AwardFemale
2010 Dinesh Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
2011 Suranjoy Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2012 Vikas Krishan Yadav Arjuna AwardMale
2013 Kavita Chahal Arjuna AwardFemale
2014 Jai Bhagwan Arjuna AwardMale
2014 Manoj Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
2015 Mandeep Jangra Arjuna AwardMale
2016 Shiva Thapa Arjuna AwardMale
2017 Devendro Singh Arjuna AwardMale
2018 Satish Kumar Arjuna AwardMale
2019 Sonia Lather Arjuna AwardFemale
2020 Lovlina Borgohain Arjuna AwardFemale
2020 Manish Kaushik Arjuna AwardMale
2021 Simranjit Kaur Arjuna AwardFemale
2022 Amit Panghal Arjuna AwardMale
2022 Nikhat Zareen Arjuna AwardFemale
2023 Mohammad Hussamuddin Arjuna AwardMale
2024 Nitu Ghanghas Arjuna AwardFemale
2024 Saweety Boora Arjuna AwardFemale
2002Shahuraj BirajdarDhyan Chand AwardMale
2020 Lakha Singh Dhyan Chand AwardMale
2020N. UshaDhyan Chand AwardFemale
2021 Lekha K. C. Dhyan Chand AwardFemale
2014Ganapathy Manoharan+Dronacharya AwardMale
2015Swatantar Raj Singh+Dronacharya AwardMale
2017Brij Bhushan Mohanty+Dronacharya AwardMale
2020Shiv Singh+Dronacharya AwardMale
1985 Om Prakash Bhardwaj Dronacharya AwardMale
1998G. S. SandhuDronacharya AwardMale
1999 Hawa Singh +Dronacharya AwardMale
2003Anoop KumarDronacharya AwardMale
2005M. VenuDronacharya AwardMale
2006Damodaran ChandralalDronacharya AwardMale
2007 Jagdish Singh Dronacharya AwardMale
2009Jaydev BishtDronacharya AwardMale
2010 L Ibomcha Singh Dronacharya AwardMale
2011Inukurthi Venkateshwara RoyDronacharya AwardMale
2012B. I. FernandezDronacharya AwardMale
2013Mahavir SinghDronacharya AwardMale
2016Sagar Mal DhayalDronacharya AwardMale
2018Subedar Chenanda Achaiah KuttappaDronacharya AwardMale
2021Sandhya GurungDronacharya AwardFemale
2022 Mohammed Ali Qamar Dronacharya AwardMale
2022Javed Khan KingDronacharya AwardMale

References

  1. 1 2 3 "List of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees (1991–2018)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. "Revised Scheme of Arjuna Award" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). 7 September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  3. "Scheme for Dronacharya Award For Outstanding Coaches In Sports And Games (Amended as on 3 February 2016)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. 3 February 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  4. "Scheme for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. 23 February 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  5. "Scheme for the Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games (Amended as on 3 February 2016)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. 3 February 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.